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Re: U.S. money is inaccessible to the blind

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From: Michael R. Burks
Date: Nov 30, 2006 7:50AM

Paul,

It has been posted to a lot lists and it is pretty interesting. It should
bear watching.

Mike Burks

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On 11/30/06, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The ruling is by a federal judge in a US District Court.
>
> It has nothing to do with the state of New York other than,
> perhaps, the location of the courthouse or that of the
> press reporting the ruling.


Thanks for the clarification. That's what I get for not reading
carefully enough!

It will definitely be an interesting case to follow. It seems like the
kind of issue that will take a while to resolve, due in part to the
technical nature of redesigning the bills. I anticipate some
resistance too. We shall see.

--
Paul R. Bohman
Faculty, College of Education & Human Development
Lead Architect of Web Services, Office of Technology Support
Technology Coordinator, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
George Mason University